E. Paul Larrat, Ph.D., R.Ph.

Biography

Dr. Larrat is Professor at The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. His research and teaching efforts have focused on drug use in special populations, health policy, pharmacy benefit management and pharmacoeconomic issues.

As Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs at the URI College of Pharmacy, Dr. Larrat led efforts to increase research productivity in the College and the revamping of the graduate curriculum. Earlier in his career, he was employed as Executive Vice President of MIM Health Plans where he was responsible for the developing the operations of this pharmacy benefit management company as it rapidly grew from $3 million in gross revenues in 1994 to over $300 million in 1997. He is a past president of several not-for-profit organizations, including the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Association, the Rhode Island Pharmacy Foundation and Cornerstone Adult Services. He has been a leader in organizing several more non-profits, including the RI chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and the Mwea Fund, which assists in advancing the health and education of a primary school district in Thika, Kenya.

In recognition of these efforts, he has received numerous awards for leadership and is active in various professional and scholarly honor societies. In 2004, he was named a NASA Fellow and spent several months at Kennedy Space Center assisting in life sciences research projects focusing on volatile organic compound production during extended space travel. In 2010-11, he served as Congressional Fellow in the United States Senate, developing health care and aging legislation and policy.

Dr. Larrat is an avid outdoorsman, spending time mountaineering, white water canoeing and sailing. He recently climbed Mt. Rainier in Washington and Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.